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Winnipeg police are warning the public about a sharp rise in counterfeit Canadian currency circulating throughout the city since the start of 2025.

According to the Winnipeg Police Service’s Financial Crime Unit, officers have seized more than $12,000 in fake bills during the first quarter of the year—more than double the reports seen during the same period previously.

The Manitoba government is providing over $350,000 to establish a new Indigenous Women's Support Team. 

The new team will increase the presence of the Downtown Community Safety Partnership in downtown Winnipeg and will provide safe supports and services for Indigenous women.

The Winnipeg Police Service says that a missing 13-year-old girl has been safely located.

Last week, police said that the teen was last seen on February 22, 2025, in the St. Boniface area of Winnipeg.

Police say that she was reported missing to the Winnipeg Police Service on April 24, 2025.

On Friday, May 2, 2025, the WPS sent out another release saying the girl had been found safe.

Police and family members thanked the public for their help.

The Manitoba government is teaming up with front-line health-care workers to launch a new task force aimed at reducing emergency room wait times and improving patient safety in the emergency department.

Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced Thursday that together with front-line health-care staff, they have formed a Lower Wait Time and System Improvement team and created a strategy to reduce blockages in the health care system and reduce patient wait times. 

The next generation of Manitoba musicians will be descending on Portage la Prairie this weekend for the Provincial Music and Arts Festival, the first of two that will take place in the province this month.  

Jazz lovers can expect an evening of classic swing with a fresh twist when saxophonist John Greene and the Winnipeg Swing Project take the stage at the Fort Garry Hotel this Sunday, May 4 at 7 p.m.

Winnipeg Transit users can preview schedules and plan trips on the soon-to-launch Primary Transit Network, which goes live on June 29, 2025.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he’s a true Canadian but wouldn’t stop a public vote on separating from the country if it came forward.

Moe says residents are allowed to trigger provincial legislation for a plebiscite on the issue.

He says he does not judge people for having different opinions, but says he supports a united Canada.

Saskatchewan law allows the public to bring forward a petition for a plebiscite as long as 15 per cent of eligible voters sign on.

Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck says Moe should rule out a vote on separation.

A century of music-making will be celebrated this coming weekend at the Crescent Arts Centre in Osborne Village. 

The Winnipeg Boys Choir will be celebrating their 100th anniversary with a concert that honours their musical legacy. That concert, titled All the Way Home, will feature current singers and alumni of the choir as well as displays of memorabilia and old recordings so audiences can relive the songs and stories shared by the choir over the decades. 

A new documentary is shaking up the history of jazz—by rewriting it.